Category: TRS-80
The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor is an award-winning interactive horror from Stefan Vogt, the acclaimed author of Hibernated and The Curse of Rabenstein. Take on the role of novelist Thomas King and his wife Cora as they move into a remote Scottish manor house, just days before Christmas 1986. Seeking inspiration for his next book, Thomas begins to explore the…
Mark your calendars for September 29 – October 1, 2023, and get ready to relive the glory days of Tandy computers at Tandy Assembly 2023. Springfield, Ohio – Retro Tandy computing enthusiasts, mark your calendars and start dusting off your gear because Tandy Assembly 2023 is just around the corner! From September 29 to October 1, 2023, Springfield, Ohio will…
RetroRGB is THE portal to learn all about how to get the picture the best way out of such retro consoles to your modern TVs! Robert Neal is the master behind behind this portal which is the go-to address for console info of all kind as well, thanks to its extensive Wiki which is a whole database, YouTube videos, podcast…
(Article partially reproduced from trs8bit newsletter) This year’s competition centred on the popular Wordle 5-letter word guessing game. There were two ways to enter: write a version of Wordle for your favourite TRS-80 (the “Beauty” section) or show us how well the Wordle dictionary and answer list can be compressed (“Beast” section). Before getting into the winners, I’d like to…
Article originally published on TRS8Bit Newsletter – September 2020. Reproduced here with permission. Author: Ira Goldklang – www.trs-80.com 1. Make sure your volume is set right. With regard to the volume, first listen to the tape and see if it sounds right. If you have a treble control, you probably want maximum treble. Once it sounds good, then you can…
Wordle is everywhere, except on TRS-80’s. The TRS8BIT 2022 competition aims to change that. It has two tracks called Beauty and the Beast. Beauty entrants will make their own version of Wordle for the TRS-80. They’ll be judged on how fun and pretty they are. It doesn’t need to support the full dictionary so you can concentrate on looks. Use…
One of the most expected and respected contests in the retro computing community is happening again! The 11th of the BASIC 10-Liner has started and already waiting for your submission. This edition’s rules are pretty much the same as last year’s. BASIC games can be written for all 8-bit computers, as long they are line-oriented dialects. As usual, the PUR-80…
Scene World Podcast Episode #121 – Chris Abbott – The Little Books Of SoundchipsWe’re happy to have Chris Abbott in our new podcast episode, a british chiptune musician and true master of the C64 SID chip. Right now he is working on an extensive book about soundchips which is set to be released by Fusion Retro Book. The interview starts…
The Double-Do competition winners were announced in the December issue of the TRS8Bit Newsletter. The competition had so many entries that the organizers decided to expand the categories and awards from two to six! The winners were spread in three different categories. The Monochrome category for software developed for the Model I/III/4, the Coloured category, for programs created for the…
My first computer ever was a TRS-80 clone called JR Sysdata which I, like many of us, regrettably sold when I wanted to upgrade to something else. Today this Brazilian clone is rarer than flying cows and worth a good amount of money. Of course, we are here not to talk about childhood computers but about cross-development for the TRS-80…
